Conductor s recording-punch



No. 622,236. Patnted Apr'. 4, I899.

' .LA. JONES.

CONDUCTUR'S RECORDING PUNCH.

(Application filed July 7, 1898.) (No Model.) 2 S.heets-8heef I INJIEJVIHH MITiIESSES W/%, R g? W7 No. 622,236. Patented Apr. 4, I899. J. A. JONES.

CONDUCTOB'S RECORDING PUNCH.

(Application filed July '7. 1898.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. JONES, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

CONDUCTORS RECORDING-PUNCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,236, dated April 4, 1899.

Application filed July 7, 1898. Serial No. 685,311. (No model.)

To (LZZ whont it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN A. JONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conductors Record. ing-Punches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to conductors recording-punches. Its object is to provide a punch from which the removal of a ticket, a number of which are to be inclosed within its case,

cannot be effected until after the operation of the punch, which is simultaneously to punch the ticket and to register conspicuously the number and the amount of the fare. This object is attained by the meansdescribed in the annexed specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a recording-punch embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view, partly in front elevation, of the same with the front cap removed, and partly in section through the line y y of Fig. 4 to expose the operating mechanism. Fig. 3 is a detail end view of the roller and mechanism for looking it, this view showing it inits released position to permit the removal of a ticket, the locked position being shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view on line so a; of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a front view of a ticket. Fig. 6 is a similar view of another ticket used in a modified form of punch. Fig. 7 is a detail plan view of the mechanism for recording a fare other than a five-cent fare. Fig. 8 is a detail vertical sectional view of the punches and the mechanism for actuating them, taken through line z of Fig. 4, looking toward the center of the machine. Fig. 9 is a detail plan view of a modified form of punch. Fig. 10 is a detail view of a modification in which a typewriter ribbon is used.

In the large end of the case A is placed a rollB of tickets,which pass thence as they are unwound over a roller O, thence between the upper and lower series of wheels D and E, respectively, journaled in the neck of the case. Upon each wheel of the upper series is a series of needle-points (Z, arranged in the form of dilferent numerals, and on the lower wheels is a series of corresponding perforations whereby the ticket may be properly perforated by bringing the upper and the lower wheels together, said needle-points passing through the ticket into said perforations.

The roller 0 is journaled at one end in the rear wall a of the case and passes through a perforation in the front wall a into the cap a which is secured to the side a. Said roller is normally locked against rotat-in g by a springpressed pawl c, pivoted to the side a of the case to engage a detent 0 upon it. When so locked, the teeth 0 upon the roller, which engage perforations b upon the ticket Z), prevent the drawing out of the ticket until the roller is released. The roller is released by a bellcrank lever F, which is pivoted at f to the under side of the case A and has an arm f", that extends backwardly through the cap a beneath the pawl c, and is connected by arms a to the shaft 0 of the lower series of wheels E, so that when the lever F is pressed down by the conductor to punch the ticket I) the pawl c is thrown out of engagement with the detent c by it and rests upon the pawl 0 as shown in Fig. 3. The ticket may then be drawn out until the pin 0 upon the roller O strikes the pawl c from under the pawl a, so that the latter may engage the detent c and check the rotation of the roller.

The form of ticket used is that shown in Fig. 5, which consists of a conductors check, to be retained by the conductor and turned in at the oflice, a transfer, to be given to the passenger when asked for, and the passengers receipt, to be given to the latter whenever a cash fare is paid by him.

In a line across the transfer are a number of blank spaces 0 in which numerals areto be perforated by the wheels D and E. On a semicircumference of each one of the wheels of the upper series are equally-spaced numer als in regular order. Diametrically opposite these numerals on the other semicircumfen ence of said wheel are the same numerals. The numerals on the circumference of each wheel of the lower series are the same as those upon the wheel of the upper directly opposite it. There are openings a and a in the case above the wheels D and below wheels E, by looking through which the conductor on releasing the wheels from the spring pressed pawls a and a can bring the desired numerals into position such that wheirthe punch is operated the ticket is properly perforated.

On both the check and the receipt, in a column one above the other, are the numerals 5 and 3. hen the ticket is in position to be punched, said column comes directly over a bar E, Figs. #1 and S, in which are four perforations c beneath the aforesaid numerals 5 and 3. Above said column is a bar D with punches (P, which in the normal position come over the numerals 3, so that when the lever F is pressed down to operate the wheels I) and E the lower barE is raised by the army, Fig. 8, of the lever F, as shown in Fig. S,and the numerals 3 are punched out of both check and receipt, leaving the 5s to indicate that a five-cent fare has been paid. When a three-cent fare is paid, the conductor presses back the lever G, which projects through the side a and the cap a of the case and is pivoted at g to the top of the case, Fig. 7. This lever is connected by a link g to a second lever 9 pivoted at g to the top of the case. The lever g is pivoted at one end to the bar 9', which is connected to the bar D. Pressing back the lever G draws the punches (1 over the numerals 5, so that the numerals 3 are left to indicate the payment of a threecent fare. The lever G, with its connected mechanism, is returned to its normal position by a spring 9 The mechanism for registering the fares is as follows: .Iournaled in boxes (L7 in the side a of the case within the inner circumference of the roll 13 are four shafts, each supporting a system of registering-wheels H, K, L, and M, respectively. Attached to the end wheel of each of these registers is a ratchet-wheel h, 7c, Z, and m, respectively, which are operated by a pawl secured to each of the verticallysliding bars 7L, 7e, 7, and m, respectively. The bar h is operated by a lever 7L2, which has a fulcrum at 7L3 and is pivoted at its opposite end to a vertical bar 7?. Suppose a five-cent fare to have been paid. Vhen the lever F is pressed down to punch the ticket, the fare is registered on the register H, the motion of the lever being conveyed by the bar to the lever 7L2, thence to the bar 72, which operates the register H. These registers consist of wheels upon a common shaft, on the circumference of each of which are numerals from l to 10, those on the first wheel to represent digits, on the second tens, and so on. These wheels are geared together so that when the 9 has been registered on the digits-wheel the latter has a pin which at the next operation registers 1 on the tens, and so on. The mechanism for so connecting re istering-wheels is well known and therefore need not be more specifically described. If a three-cent fare be paid, it is registered on the register K through the following mechanism: The lever g is connected to a vertical lever by a bar F. The lever L is pivoted at L to the side a and its opposite end is connected by a bar 7a" to a bellcrank lever 75', pivoted to side a, which operates the vertieally-slidin g bar 7D" to register the fare. On the vertical lever lr-ibelow its fulcrum, is a projecting arm k slotted to en gage the vertical bar 7t to disconnect it from the lever f when a three-cent fare is being registered. The bar it is returned to its normal position by a spring 765. If a transfer be paid as fare, the conductor punches it in the punch R upon the top of the case, the fare being registered on the register L by the arm Z connected to said punch.

The register M is for registering the total number of fares-five-cent, three-cent, and transferstaken in per trip. Its operatingbar m is pivoted to the bar m which is itself pivoted at m to the side a, and at the opposite end is connected by a bar in to the bar m whose end at extends out over the end of the arm f to register the five-cent fares. Pivoted to the bar at is a barmhwhieh is operated by an arm k upon the lever k to register the three-cent fares. Pivoted to the bar on is a lever, which is pivoted to the side a at m and has one end extending beneath the bar Z to register the transfer-fares.

Instead of the wheels D and E flat plates can be used, the lower one to contain perforations, as shown in Fig. 9, and to be brought in contact with the upper plate by mechanism similar to that for raising the bar E". (Shown in Fig. 8.) In the upper plate are perforations, similar to those in the lower one, in which are inserted movable punches. The ticket to be used with this modified form is shown in Fig. 6. It also contains the conductors check, the transfer, and the receipt; but on it there are numbers printed to be punched out to indicate the direction, date, hour, (inc.

Another modification is to have type upon the circumference of the wheels D instead of the needle-points, between which and the ticket shown in Fig. 5 a type-writers ribbon T,which works upon rollers L and t, j ournaled in the casing sides upon opposite sides of the wheel D, is to be interposed. Upon the roller 25 is a ratchet-wheel 75 which engages a pawl 15 which is secured to the bar E. The roller if keeps the ribbon T inked. In place of the lower wheel a rubber stamp operated bythe same means as said wheel may be employed to bring the ticket against the ribbon to print the desired numerals thereon.

The tickets shown in Figs. 4: and G are not claimed herein, as they are intended to be made the subject of a later application.

lVhat I claim is- 1. In a conductors punch the combination of a case one end of which is to receive a roll of tickets, an upper and a lower series of ICC punches between which the tickets pass out of the case, a roller located between said roll and said punches for engaging the tickets, means for locking said roller, the registers and the lever pivoted to said case the depression of which simultaneously operates the punches, releases the roller'and operates the registers, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a conductors punch the case for inclosing tickets, a roller to engage said tickets, a spring-pressed pawl to lock said roller, the punches between which the tickets pass, a register, a sliding bar to operate said register, a lever pivoted to the case the pressing of which operates said punches, said spring pressed pawl and said sliding bar, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a conductors punch the combination of the case for inclosing tickets, the roller therein for engaging the same, the pawl for locking said roller, two sets of punches each consisting of an upper and a lower punch, the two registers for different cash fares, the sliding bars to actuate the same, the lever attached to the case for simultaneously operating the two sets of punches, releasing the roller and actuating one of said sliding bars to registerthe fare, the lever for simultaneously changing the position of one set of said punches to register a fare of diiferent amount than the former and operating the other of said sliding bars, substantially as shown and described.

a. In a conductors recording-punch the combination of the case inclosing tickets, the roller therein to engage the same, the pawl for .connectin g the register for the total fares with both of said levers, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a conductors recording-punch the combination of the case for receiving tickets, the roller for engaging the same, the pawl for locking said r oller,the punches between which the tickets pass out, the registers H, K and M, the lever pivoted to the case simultaneously to operate the punches release the roller and register the fare on H, the lever for changing the position of the punches and to register the fare on K, the register M and the means for connecting it to said levers, substantially as shown and described. I

JOHN A. JONES.

.Witnesses:

EMMA LYFORD, WALTER F. MURRAY. 

